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Coming into the Country
Coming into the Country
Author: John Mcphee
Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush. — Readers of McPhee's earlier bo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394584119
ISBN-10: 0394584112
Publication Date: 6/25/1991
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Publisher: Random House Audio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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I loved this. It came to me in the winter, just during the holidays when, because of events in my life it is a dark time.
This book swept me away to Alaska and not Ms. Palin's Alaska but the AK of the first major Federal incursion.
People three generations on the land were dispossessed.
From going into the wilderness and staking a claim, building a cabin it went to where you could not buy a fifty foot BUILDING LOT.

Fascinating.
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Great book to let your mind escape! John McPhee travels across Alaska and describes the people he meets along the way.
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Geologist John McPhee explores Alaska.